To fix a bad part and make it good. Example: 「じてんしゃを直す」 (to fix a bicycle). It also means to correct a mistaken part, or to rewrite something one has written. Examples: 「答えを直す」 (to correct an answer), 「作文を直す」 (to revise a composition). It is also used to mean making an illness or an injury better, but in that case it is written 「治す（なおす）」 to distinguish it.
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N4直るなおる
For a bad part to become good. Example: 「こしょうが直る」 (a malfunction is fixed). When fixing it oneself, 「直す」 is used. Distinguished in writing from the homophone 「治る」 (for an illness or injury to get better), and others.
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N4治るなおる
For an illness or injury to get better. Example: 「かぜが治る」 (a cold gets better). 「直る」 is used for fixing machines or objects, a different meaning.
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N4泣くなく
To shed tears and express a sad or painful feeling. The antonym is「笑う（わらう）」(to laugh).
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N4無くなるなくなる
For a thing to no longer be where it was. Example:「さいふが無くなる」(a wallet goes missing). The homophone for a person dying is written「亡くなる（なくなる）」.
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N4亡くなるなくなる
A polite way to say that a person has died. The homophone for a thing being lost is written「無くなる（なくなる）」.
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N4投げるなげる
To throw something far with one's hand. Example:「ボールを投げる」(to throw a ball).
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N4鳴るなる
For a sound to occur. Example: 「電話が鳴る」 (the phone rings).
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N4慣れるなれる
To become used to something through repeated doing. Example: 「新しい仕事に慣れる」 (to get used to a new job).
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N4匂いにおい
smell. A scent perceived by the nose. Used for both good and bad smells.
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N4苦いにがい
An unpleasant taste, like coffee or medicine. The antonym is「甘い（あまい）」(sweet).
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N4逃げるにげる
To run away, etc., in order to get away from something dangerous.
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N4日にち
day (counter). The unit used when counting days or naming days of the week. It is used as in 「日曜日」 or 「毎日」. When counting days, the first through the tenth and the twentieth have special readings such as 「か」, while the rest are read 「にち」, as in 「十一日」 or 「三十日」. When this kanji is read 「ひ」, it becomes a word referring to a day itself or to the sun.
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N4日記にっき
diary. Something in which one writes down what happened each day.
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N4入院にゅういん
To enter a hospital because of illness or injury. The antonym is「退院（たいいん）」(leaving the hospital).
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N4入学にゅうがく
To enter a school and become a student. The antonym is「卒業（そつぎょう）」(graduation).
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N4似るにる
For appearance or characteristics to closely resemble something else. Example: 「親に似る」 (to resemble one's parent).
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N4人形にんぎょう
doll. A toy shaped like a person.
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N4盗むぬすむ
To secretly make another person's belongings one's own.
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N4塗るぬる
To apply color or medicine, etc., to the surface of something. Example: 「ペンキを塗る」 (to apply paint).
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N4濡れるぬれる
For water, etc., to get on something and make it damp. Example:「雨で服が濡れる」(clothes get wet from the rain).
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N4値段ねだん
price. The amount of money when buying something.
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N4熱ねつ
The heat of an object, or that hot force. Also often used to mean one's body temperature rising due to illness. Example:「熱が出る」(to run a fever).
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N4熱心ねっしん
A state of doing something wholeheartedly and diligently.
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N4寝坊ねぼう
To oversleep in the morning. Also, the person who does so.
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N4眠るねむる
To close one's eyes and rest the body, as when sleeping at night.
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N4残るのこる
For something not to disappear and to remain behind. Example:「お金が残る」(money is left over),「りょうりが残る」(food is left over).
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N4喉のど
throat. The part through which food and air pass, from the back of the mouth.
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N2, N4飲み込むのみこむ
A verb meaning to take something from the throat into the body, and additionally meaning to grasp a situation or content, or to hold back emotions without showing them. Used broadly as in「薬を飲み込む」「事情を飲み込む」or「涙を飲み込む」.
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N4乗り換えるのりかえる
To get off a train or bus one is riding and board another.
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N4葉は
leaf. The thin, green part attached to a tree or plant.
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N4場合ばあい
The time when a certain thing happens. Example:「雨の場合は中止です」(in case of rain, it is cancelled).
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N4倍ばい
An increase by the same amount, or double the number. Example:「二倍」(twofold).
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N4拝見はいけん
A very polite way of saying 「見る」 (to see). Example: 「お手紙、拝見しました」 (I have read your letter).
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N4歯医者はいしゃ
dentist. A doctor who treats teeth.
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N3〜N5入るはいる
enter. To move inside. Example: 「へやに入る」 (to enter a room). The antonym is 「出る」 (to exit).
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N4運ぶはこぶ
To carry a thing from one place to another.
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N4始めるはじめる
To newly start doing something. The antonym is「終える（おえる）」(to finish). The paired word is「始まる」(to begin).
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N4場所ばしょ
place. A location where an object is, or where something happens.
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N2, N4, N5走るはしる
run. To move forward by moving one's legs quickly.
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N4はずはず
A feeling that something should naturally be the case. Example: 「あした来るはずです」 (they should be coming tomorrow).
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N4恥ずかしいはずかしい
A feeling that makes one's face turn red from being seen by others.
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N4はっきりはっきり
A clear state, so as to be easily understood. Example:「はっきり言う」(to say clearly).
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N4花見はなみ
Viewing and enjoying「桜（さくら）」(cherry) blossoms.
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N4林はやし
woods. A place with many trees growing. Often refers to something smaller than a 「森」 (forest).
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N4腹はら
belly; stomach. The part on the front of the body, below the chest. It is used as in 「腹がすく」 or 「腹をこわす」. The same part is also called 「お腹」, which is read 「おなか」.
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N4払うはらう
To hand over money to a shop or person. Example: 「お金を払う」 (to pay money).
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N4番組ばんぐみ
A single program broadcast on television or radio, such as news or a drama.
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N2, N4反対はんたい
When a direction or a place is completely the opposite. Examples: 「反対のほうこうへあるく」 (to walk in the opposite direction), 「道の反対がわ」 (the opposite side of the street). It also means not accepting another person's thoughts or opinion and stating a different view. Example: 「反対する」 (to oppose). The word with the opposite meaning of 「反対する」 is 「賛成（さんせい）」 (agreement).
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N4火ひ
fire. The hot thing or light that comes out when something is burning.
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